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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Parish of Saint Clement Danes
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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, the Tenth day of May in the twenty fourth
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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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, Gentleman, Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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King
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said
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came to
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h is Death,do upon their Oath say, That the said
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not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
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Distracted on the Ninth day of May in the Year aforesaid at the
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Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid a certain
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Gun or Fowling Piece which he the said
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Philip Brown
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then and
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there had and held in his Hand, and charged with Gun Powder
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and a leaden Bullet, to and against the Body of him the
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said
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did then and there shoot off and discharge
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by Means whereof he the said
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did then and there
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give unto himself with the leaden Bullet aforesaid, so
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discharged and shot out of the Gun aforesaid by the force of
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the Gun powder aforesaid in and upon the leftside of the Belly
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of him the said
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one mortal Wound of the breadth of one
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Inch and of the Depth of five Inches, of which said mortal Wound
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he the said
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their and there instantly died. And so
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the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that
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the said
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, not being of sound Mind Memory and
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Understanding but lunatick and distracted, in Manner and
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by the Means aforesaid, did kill himself. In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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Robert Davies
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of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and the
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rest of his Fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set
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their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place abovewritten
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